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Barrelhouse Buck McFarland Discography of CDs
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Alton Blues CD (1961)
 $12.89 
Not that Alton Blues sounds like the work of someone who had evolved radically over the years; these solid performances demonstrate that in 1961, McFarland had clearly remained faithful to the classic barrelhouse piano style of the '20s and '30s. The blues piano that McFarland plays on this 48-minute CD is not a reserved, understated type of blues; his playing is gutsy, extroverted, tough and emotionally direct (in other words, all of the things that barrelhouse playing was known for being). It should be noted that 1961 marked McFarland's return to recording after many years; he had done some recording in the late '20s and early to mid-'30s, but he wasn't recorded at all in the '40s or '50s. And it is an instrument that Barrelhouse Buck McFarland clearly uses to his creative advantage on Alton Blues, which was recorded in August 1961 only eight months before the singer/pianist's death. There are no drums, bass or guitar to be found on these rare performances; McFarland is unaccompanied on all of the tracks, and the solo format serves him well on vocal numbers as well as some instrumentals. But there is also a lot to be said for the acoustic piano, which has been the instrument of choice for everyone from Champion Jack Dupree to Memphis Slim to a long list of great boogie-woogie players of the 1930s and '40s. McFarland was far from a major name in the blues world, but Alton Blues is a fine place to get acquainted with his no-nonsense piano blues. Whether it is an acoustic guitar playing Mississippi Delta country-blues or an electric guitar playing amplified Chicago blues, the guitar has long been considered the quintessential blues instrument. ~ Alex Henderson
In February 1957, Bob Koester wrote in his newsletter, The Jazz Report, that recent rediscoveries of legendary artists Big Joe Williams and Speckled Red gave information on other forgotten musicians from the 1920s.
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Piano Blues, Vol. 2: 1927-1956 CD (1994) Import
Barrelhouse Buck Mcfarland CD discography
$13.25
Seven different pianists and/or singers have their complete output released on this collector's CD. Well, at least five do since Jesse Clayton (heard on two numbers) is
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Barrelhouse Buck Mcfarland albums Alternate spellings: CD discography of songs by band, discographie, dicography, discology, disography, discografie, discogrophy, diskography.
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Popular or famous Barrelhouse Buck Mcfarland music songs: I Got to Go Blues, Lamp Post Blues, Mercy Mercy Blues, Mean to Mean, On Your Way, St. Louis Fire Blues. More music songs Weeping Willow Blues, Barrelhouse Buck, Buck's Blues, Charlie's Stomp, Don't Stop Now, Dupree Blues, Four O'Clock Blues. More music songs Goodbye Blues, Intro, Railroad Blues, Talk.
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